People · China
Mingyan Liu (刘明琰)
Pyraminx · top 6.8% of 129,321 all-time · competing since October 2015 · 2015LIUM05
Mingyan Liu (刘明琰) has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 3.82, set at Tangshan Open 2016, puts him in the top 6.8% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 812th in China. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since October 2015, he has put 69 official solves on the record across three events. His Pyraminx best has come down from 8.46 in October 2015 to 3.82, a 55% improvement. Mingyan has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 3.82 | 4.45 | top 6.8% | 812 / 10,224 | |
| Skewb | 5.46 | 6.64 | top 21.7% | 1,356 / 5,004 | |
| 2×2 | 5.21 | 7.35 | top 41.9% | 7,235 / 15,796 |
Percentile against all competitors ever ranked in each event, a fairer measure than raw rank, because the pools differ by a factor of ten.
The line so far
Best single per competition, Pyraminx. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 24 Oct 2015First competition: Beijing Open 2015.
Competitions
- Asian Championship 2016 · 1 Oct 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- One Night in Beijing 2016 · 28 May 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Tangshan Open 2016 · 8 May 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Cross-strait FMC 2016 · 9 Apr 2016
- Beijing Open 2015 · 24 Oct 2015
Reading this page: a single is one solve's time · an average is the middle three of five solves, best and worst discarded · a PB is a personal best · a DNF (did not finish) is an attempt with no valid result: a popped piece, an unsolved face, an over-limit memorisation · top X% compares against everyone ever ranked in that event, which is fairer than raw rank because event pools differ tenfold.
The circuit
The people whose scorecards keep turning up next to his.
- Yunke Zhang (张云柯) — met in 15 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Yuyan Zhong (钟雨妍) — met in 13 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Zongyang Li (李宗阳) — met in 12 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
Next targets
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.82 away.
- A sub-5 Skewb single — 13,285 people have one; it is 0.46 away.
Targets move as he improves.